> Nice post, thanks. I am always astonished by the amount of detail that a backyard photographer can achieve. Not only that, but you can achieve some pretty n

> Nice post, thanks. I am always astonished by the amount of detail that a backyard photographer can achieve. Not only that, but you can achieve some pretty nice results with just a DSLR or mirrorless camera, a remote trigger, and a tripod. Literally just aiming the camera at something and opening the shutter for a few minutes can get you results that, while they aren't going to be on par with some of the images linked here, are definitely going to be pretty cool looking. A lot of the tricks of the trade are really post-production techniques, rather than shooting techniques. Sky & Telescope says it better than I do, but, the TL;DR of this comment is "you don't need a lot of equipment, and it's not hard to get started." https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-resources/deep-sky-with-your-dslr/ https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-resources/deep-sky-wit...